Any SXS Shooters?

For many years my preferred bird gun has been a BRNO ZP-49 side by side, side lock ejector. A fine double trigger gun; very light and points like a wand. If I'm going to shoot a side by side I insist it have double triggers and a splinter fore-end; anything else is gauche.

Mac
 
My Doubles have 2 triggers. Have never had any issues with them.
 
I own an East German Merkel boxlock with double triggers, the lower grade with extractors, but no ejectors. Love it, especially the sling swivels, in the Continetal way.
 
giggitygiggity said:
What exposed hammer double barrel side-by-side shotguns are available?
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I just looked on G-Broker and everything SXS with exposed hammers appears to be only short-barreled (20") 'Coach' guns.

I like my SxS exposed hammer doubles as flintlocks :cool: , luckily having both a 20 and a 12-gauge. Here's the 12 (before I refinished the stock, it was too dark, was hiding great tiger-striped wood!).

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luv2safari said:
Was wondering whether some here like double trigger SXS doubles?

I'm kind of partial to them.
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I like them okay .
giggitygiggity said:
What exposed hammer double barrel side-by-side shotguns are available?
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.45Coltguy mentioned the CZ Hammer Classic. It's the one on the bottom in the group shot and they also make a coach gun like it (20" fixed choke barrels) The 30" Classic has screw-in chokes.
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More of the Hammer Classic, along with the Fox B. Both are 12 gauge, the Fox B has 2-3/4" chambers and is choked R-mod, L-full. The Hammer Classic has 3" chambers and screw in chokes. CZ shotguns are built in Turkey by Huglu, and are excellently made Wood-to-metal fit is precise and the gun is very tight, all CNC milled action.
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bangswitch said:
I like them okay .

.45Coltguy mentioned the CZ Hammer Classic. It's the one on the bottom in the group shot and they also make a coach gun like it (20" fixed choke barrels) The 30" Classic has screw-in chokes.
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More of the Hammer Classic, along with the Fox B. Both are 12 gauge, the Fox B has 2-3/4" chambers and is choked R-mod, L-full. The Hammer Classic has 3" chambers and screw in chokes. CZ shotguns are built in Turkey by Huglu, and are excellently made Wood-to-metal fit is precise and the gun is very tight, all CNC milled action.
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Beauts there bangswitch. Really nice.
 
I MUCH prefer S&S's, and double triggers are a must on mine, I don't like those bloated forearms either.

Dad bought this Remington in the 40's for 10 bucks, I grew up with it and many years later, ended up with it, I fixed it up a little too,

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I have others too.

DM
 
.38 Special said:
This is my Taylor's (Pedersoli) "Wyatt Earp".

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I'm a terrible wingshooter so don't own any shotguns for hunting. This one occasionally pulls defensive duty, but really is just a toy. I like it a great deal!
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These are what the peace keepers and gunslingers actually carried. Pistols were used a lot inside across card tables.
 
Lefty38-55 said:
I just looked on G-Broker and everything SXS with exposed hammers appears to be only short-barreled (20") 'Coach' guns.

I like my SxS exposed hammer doubles as flintlocks :cool: , luckily having both a 20 and a 12-gauge. Here's the 12 (before I refinished the stock, it was too dark, was hiding great tiger-striped wood!).

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That is beautiful wood. Good Job!
 
SxS shotguns have a tendency to punch me right in the beak when I shoot anything heavier than target loads, so I generally don’t shoot them very often.

I do have an old Lefever Nitro Special 16 ga that I inherited years ago. It had an awful batch of pitting near the FxF choked muzzles, so I had it cut down to 20” and the bead sight was replaced. The bores are still bright and shiny, which is always a good thing to see in an old, often used shotgun.

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It shoots cylinder choke patterns now, which is fine for a coach gun type SxS. I have shot a round or two of foot-thrown trap with surprisingly decent results, it is quick to maneuver but shots had to be fired fast or the bird quickly outran the effective pattern density.

I picked up a bunch of Federal No. 1 buck, should I ever need to employ it in a defensive mode.

I was looking long and hard at a CZ 20 ga SxS in a consignment rack a few months ago, but I passed. It was nice, but it wasn’t marked much less than a new one sells for. Plus, the two 20 ga O/U, three 20 ga pumps and a 20 ga 1100 sort of cover the needs the CZ would fill.

For now, anyway 😇 .

Stay safe.
 
WestKentucky said:
I’m still kinda infatuated with my 311 16ga. It may not be the most expensive double, but it feels like it from time to time.
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The Fox Model B's I own are the same action as the 311 and just have slightly fancier wood and some roll-stamped "engraving" on the receivers. My first SxS was a 311 and I traded it for my 12 ga. Fox B. I tried to make a complete set of Fox B's but when it got to finding a .410 bore, it got difficult to find one and expensive when I did. These aren't AH Fox guns in quality or price and I couldn't afford one of them, much less a set, but they do look pretty good and are extremely durable. I used the 12 ga. Fox B for skeet and clays until I got the CZ. The CZ gives me the option for more open chokes, I keep it choked R-Cylinder, L-Imp. Cylinder. The Fox is modified and full, makes it a bit harder to hit the close shots like station 8 on the skeet range. My other two Fox B's are a 26" 20 ga and a 28" 16 ga. I don't shoot them as much as the 12 ga, they are older and the 20 ga has a worn firing pin that gives me occasional FTF's. I've shot over 250 rounds from the 12 gauge in a day of shooting and it's still tight as a drum, it was made in 1968.

I get called "Jed Clampett" at the clays ranges at our club, I'm about the only guy who shows up with a SxS, everybody else has fancy O/U's. I shoot only for fun, can usually do around 20 on a skeet score. I have only shot an O/U a few times, but still prefer the side-by-side.
 
I've owned a few old box lock British sxs's. Never owned a hammer gun though. Actually I still have a G E Lewis sxs in the safe but haven't shot it in years. I used to hunt grouse with it. I found that a sxs was the best configuration to hunt with. I used a Beretta 426E for many years hunting pheasant on the Snake R. Not sure why sxs's fell out of favor for hunting but I never saw anyone use one, except me, when I hunted. GELewis_16179.jpg
 
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Depending on the dress code of the hunt. I don't mind taking my Sauer & Sohn 1942 boxlock out every now and then (and I got my wife a fully engraved Mts111 when she got her PhD - she calls it her "handbag"), but given the choice I much prefer inertia semiautos for their practicality and fast handling.

Then again, I've been eyeing Winchester 23:s for quite some time now and wouldn't mind a Pigeon or Super Grade example, maybe even a matching pair for pheasant hunts. The S&S needs to be retired from active duty, my father bought it when he got back from the front after WWII and it's seen a lot since.
 
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